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Coursedesign wrote on 12/13/2007, 8:05 AM
...and Panasonic is in need of an underwear change over this camera.

First a sudden intensive campaign to tell people that AVCHD was now the only codec worth having. Not that anyone had it in a pro camera, but it was the only way and Panasonic was going to have it.

Then the ad below the EX review:

"Nothing to mail in. No waiting. It's in the box" and showing the extra 16GB P2 card that is now thrown in with every HVX200 camera.

Clearly a slur at Sony's mail-in coupon to get a card.

I think Panasonic could shorten its name to Panic right now.

So hopefully the race is on, and they'll come out with something new.

Spot|DSE wrote on 12/13/2007, 8:21 AM
No kidding.
1920 x 1080 image vs 960 x 540
1920 x 1080 recorded vs 960 x 720
.5 imager
Nearly 4 times the chroma sample (in spite of the 4:2:2 claims)
Faster memory Xfer
Card that reads in virtually every machine
(BTW, someone asked if the Clip Browser sees this under BootCamp and the answer is yes, just download the clipbrowser and drivers, install drivers first).
superior lens...
my *only* "real" complaint is how the zoom ring is so light when in manual mode vs how heavy a Z1 or V1, or Canon H1 feels.
DJPadre wrote on 12/13/2007, 4:05 PM
after the final 2 sony HDV cameras are released and have a decent run, i honestly dont think we'll be seeing much more of long gop.

AVC Intra is making headways now and so far the codec has pushed way past what MPG2 can offer.

as for teh camera itself.. its a no brainer really... the EX is the bees knees for this form factor at this time, with a price tag to match
Coursedesign wrote on 12/13/2007, 4:09 PM
It took about 10 years for MPEG-2 to get its quality rocking.

AVC Intra may cut a few years out of that, but it has a lot of competition in JPEG2000, Cineform, and other wavelet-based codecs.
DJPadre wrote on 12/13/2007, 8:39 PM
the difference however is that ACV Intra has already been agreed upon and adopted by the 2 major players(pana and Sony).

This is why i keep saying to people that the next HVX will most likely have AVCINtra using an SD/MMC array, as the bitrated of AVCINtra themselves dont have to be as large to get equal or better than MPG2. AVCINtra at 25mbps will give DVCProHD at 100 a run for its money... ive seen ACV intra off consumer cameras that maks HDV look like DV in comparison

Panasonic arent stupid, neither are sony, the difference however is that Sony MUST make a hefty retrun on the HDV stnadard as the funds pumped into R&D on the outset, although more than likely already paid off, can still be milked for a couple of years.

By then, we'll be running hex and oct core CPUS and SLI GFX card arrays will be embeded as one.

In any case, as producers, we'll be the ones forking out the hard cash for this new gear, and the client, as always, wont ever trully understand why